TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters
Week of March 22, 2019
1.Which are NOT synonyms? (5 points)
- chatty - talkative
- lukewarm - tepid
- icy -frigid
- sluggish - slimy
- bewildered - confused
2.In a standard set of 7 tangrams, how many ways can you create a shape congruent with the largest triangle by using one or more of the remaining 6 pieces? (20 points)
- none
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
3.You're learning about money in a strange country. Six biggles equal one frink. Five boggles equal one biggle. How many boggles are there in a frink? (20 points)
- 25
- 60
- 30
- 33
- 11
4.Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation which: (10 points)
- closed the banks
- freed southern soldiers
- funded the army
- launched a new ship
- freed southern slaves
5.The vernal equinox is the first day of: (5 points)
- summer
- winter
- fall
- spring
- football season
6.Two states with large peninsulas are: (10 points)
- Connecticut and Massachusetts
- Maine and Florida
- Texas and Oregon
- Michigan and Florida
- Michigan and New York
7.If you are "on the brink," you are: (10 points)
- about to do something
- confused about something
- afraid of something
- ice skating
- in Alaska
8.Which of the following must you have to run a steam engine? (5 points)
- gasoline
- coal
- wood
- oil
- water
9.Which type of graph works best to show how things change over a period of time? (10 points)
- Phonograph
- Pie graph
- Pictograph
- Line graph
- Bar graph
10.Which word would be located closest to "thaw" in the dictionary? (5 points)
- iceberg
- icing
- icicle
- glacier
- ice
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